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Highlight Editorial: Taking step back on payday lending unwarranted October 30, Herald-Dispatch The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it will revisit a crucial part of its year-old payday-lending industry regulations. This move that will likely make it more difficult for the bureau to protect consumers from potential abuses, if changed. More Coverage: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to revisit payday-loan …

Highlight Herring, other AGs, seek continued consumer protection for service members Fairfax News, October 23 In a letter to the CFPB and Director Mulvaney, Herring and a bipartisan coalition of 32 other attorneys general urge the CFPB to reconsider its reported decision to stop examining lenders to ensure they are complying with the MLA. More Coverage: Jackley calls for …

Highlight Protect the Military Lending Act September 20, The Hill Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Mick Mulvaney has vowed to end proactive oversight of payday lenders and other predatory lenders, accusing his own agency’s supervisors of being “overly aggressive.” The MLA’s protections include clear-cut guidelines for bank and non-bank lenders. Among them, lenders can’t charge service members …

“The undersigned consumer, community, and civil rights organizations write to urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reverse its recent decision to suspend the supervision of payday, car title, and other lenders for violations of the Military Lending Act (MLA). We also urge the Department of Defense to ensure that the Military Lending Act is vigorously implemented without exemptions or …

Consumer, civil rights, faith, and community groups are urging the FDIC Chair in this letter to keep in place the agency’s guidance urging banks to not sell these toxic loan products, which are harmful to consumers, banks’ reputation, and its safety and soundness. The coalition’s letter also calls for the FDIC to ensure small dollar installment loans are capped at …

State/Local News EDITORIAL Greensboro (NC) News and Record: Let’s not drop protections for troops from attacks by predatory lenders “Members of the armed forces and their families make significant sacrifices to keep our country safe. The least our government can do in return is provide them with basic protections that make it possible for them to manage their finances without …